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July 26, 2011 18:00

• Third meeting within dialogue "authorities-opposition" to be held in Armenia on August 4

  The second meeting between representatives of the ruling coalition and the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), which was held on July 26, formed the agenda of the talks to be focused on the elections.

July 26, 2011 17:00

• Bulk terminal launched in Tuapse

  Today, the bulk terminal of the city of Tuapse started filling up the warehouse. The launch of the terminal was attended by ecologists and representatives of a range of public organizations.

July 26, 2011 16:00

• Picket against Jehovah's Witnesses held in Rostov

  In Rostov-on-Don the NGO "Rostov Without Drugs" held a picket against religious activity of the Jehovah's Witnesses. According to Stanislav Goryainov, the head of the NGO, by means of this picket, protesters tried to draw public attention to that religious confession.

July 26, 2011 15:00

• Former political prisoner Einullah Fatullaev founds human rights organization in Azerbaijan

  In Azerbaijan, Einullah Fatullaev, a former political prisoner, Chief Editor of the newspapers "Real Azerbaijan" and "Gyundelik Azerbaijan" (Daily Azerbaijan), announced establishing of the public movement "For Human Rights". According to the Einullah Fatullaev's speech at the press conference, creation of the public movement was caused by "systematic and wilful violation of human rights in Azerbaijan".

July 26, 2011 14:00

• Adzharia: entrepreneurs expect inrush of tourists in August

  In July hotels of seaside resorts in Adzharia were occupied only by 20-25 percent. According to experts, the high season in the city of Batumi starts only in August. At this time tourists from Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and other countries arrive there.

July 26, 2011 11:00

• Shevchenko: Zagra Kadimagomedova is ready for collaboration with the Committee for adaptation of gunmen

  Zagra Kadimagomedova who was wounded in a special operation in Dagestanskie Ogni and delivered up her husband, a supposed gunman, to law enforcement bodies is ready to collaborate with the Committee for adaptation of gunmen in Dagestan. This was reported by member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, TV journalist Maxim Shevchenko.

July 26, 2011 10:00

• “Zenit” fans detained in Makhachkala released

  The fans of “Zenit” of St. Petersburg detained in Makhachkala after a conflict with the local riot squad and “Anzhi” fans were released, protocols of administrative infraction were drawn up concerning them.

July 26, 2011 09:00

• The Ministry of Regional Development suggests to allot four trillion rubles on development of Northern Caucasus

  The Ministry of Regional Development has prepared a state program of development of South Caucasian Federal Okrug. The program for the nearest 14 years was worked out on the commission of the Government of the Russian Federation. Expenses on the state program exceed the ones currently stipulated by regional and federal target programs (FTP) in force tenfold.

July 25, 2011 22:00

• Russia offers Azerbaijan to modernize Gabala Radar Station

  Russia intends to continue operating the Gabala Radar Station, which term of lease by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation expires in 2012. The issue on the lease renewal was discussed in Baku during the negotiations of Defence Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan – Anatoly Serdyukov and Safar Abiev.

July 25, 2011 21:00

• South Ossetia: Russian citizen was killed in brawl with policemen

  In the Republic of South Ossetia the incident that occurred on July 22 between a Russian citizen and local policemen is under investigation – the Russian citizen was killed at the brawl.

July 25, 2011 20:00

• Relatives of Georgian citizen who disappeared in Norway appeal to Mikhail Saakashvili for help

  Relatives of Tamta Liparteliani, a Georgia citizen, disappeared during the terror act at the camp on the Norwegian island of Utoeya, appealed to President Mikhail Saakashvili to help in her search.

July 25, 2011 19:00

• Ingushetian leader ordered to find Zurab Albogachiev

  Yunus-Bek Evkurov, the leader of Ingushetia, at the last meeting in the republic demanded that the officials and power agents should find the kidnapped Zurab Albogachiev. This was reported by the victim's mother Marem Albogachieva.

July 25, 2011 18:00

• Abkhazian CEC registered three presidential and vice-presidential candidates

  Today the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Abkhazia has registered three candidates for the presidency and respectively for the vice-presidency of the republic.

July 25, 2011 17:00

• In Dagestan, case on rape of underage girl to be brought to court

  In Dagestan the case on the rape of an underage girl in the city of Khasavyurt will soon be brought to the court. This was reported by the official of the Investigatory Committee of Dagestan. According to the girl's mother, the psychological shock experienced by her daughter, has not yet passed.

July 25, 2011 15:00

• In Nakhichevan, human rights activist claims increasing pressure from authorities

  In the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan Khyakimeldostu Mekhtiev, a local public activist, a regional correspondent of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), claims of incessant pressure on him. Khyakimeldostu Mekhtiev states that he is threatened by criminal prosecution.

July 25, 2011 14:00

• Public Chamber of Russia and rights defenders study circumstances of special operation in Dagestanskie Ogni

  A groups of rights defenders arrived in the city of Dagestanskie Ogni. The purpose of the visit is to explore the reasons why women become supporters of the illegal armed formations.

July 25, 2011 11:00

• Dokku Umarov made peace with the leaders of Chechen armed underground, the gunmen’s web resources report

  Chechen field commanders who refused to obey the organizer of the Caucasus Emirate Dokku Umarov a year ago resumed their oath to the leader of North-Caucasian armed underground. This news appeared at informational web resources supporting North-Caucasian gunmen.

July 25, 2011 10:00

• A recently built mosque pulled down in the capital of Chechnya

  A mosque in Grozny, Ahmat Kadyrov avenue, built last year was pulled down within the framework of a large-scale reconstruction of the main street of the capital of Chechnya. The municipal authorities decided that this small mosque would not fit into the new image of the main street of the town.

July 25, 2011 09:00

• On August, 8, the court in Dagestan will consider an appeal of the policemen acknowledged guilty of beating up a teenager

  The trial on the appeal against the verdict to officers of District Department of Interior Affairs in Shamil district of Dagestan who were accused of beating up a fourteen-year-old boy in June, 2009, was deferred till August, 8.

July 23, 2011 23:00

• Ingushetia: Zurab Albogachiev was kidnapped by people in camouflage, his relatives assert

  On July 20 in Ingushetia, Zurab Kambulatovich Albogachiev, born in 1985, disappeared after being detained by law enforcement agents, his relatives report.